Insomnia

GEORGE CLOONEY's (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) creative inclination behind the camera underscores his experience and acclaim as an actor. Clooney's feature directorial debut, Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, in which he will also star, is slated for December. Most recently, Clooney starred in Steven Soderbergh's hugely successful Ocean's Eleven, in Wolfgang Peterson's box-office blockbuster The Perfect Storm and in Joel and Ethan Coen's Golden-Globe nominated O Brother, Where Art Thou? He won the 2000 Golden Globe Award as Best Actor in Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy - for his performance in O Brother.

Clooney earned unified critical acclaim for his role as Sergeant Major Archie Gates in the award-winning drama Three Kings, and his previous feature film credits include starring roles in The Peacemaker and Batman & Robin. Clooney also starred in the romantic comedy One Fine Day and the vampire thriller From Dusk Till Dawn.

Clooney first collaborated with Soderbergh when he starred as fugitive bank robber Jack Foley in the Oscar-nominated Out of Sight, a film adaptation of Elmore Leonard's best-selling novel. He is partnered with Soderbergh in the film production company Section Eight, which produced the dark comedy feature Welcome to Collinwood, to be released on Sept. 13. Clooney is not only a producer on the film, but he has a cameo as well. Clooney also stars in Soderbergh's Solaris, which is currently in production.

Clooney also develops television projects. He executive produced and starred in a live television broadcast of Fail Safe, which was nominated for a 2000 Golden Globe Award as Best Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television. The Emmy-award winning telefilm was based on the early 1960s novel of the same name. He is known to television audiences for his Golden Globe, Screen Actors Guild, People's Choice and Emmy-nominated portrayal of Dr. Douglas Ross on ER.

STEVEN SODERBERGH (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) not only works behind the camera as a director but behind the scenes as a producer for a variety of projects. In 2000, Soderbergh and George Clooney formed Section Eight, a film production company based at Warner Bros. which has produced the upcoming Welcome to Collinwood for Warner Bros. Pictures, Far From Heaven, written and directed by Todd Haynes, and Charlie Kaufman's adaptation of Chuck Barris' book Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, directed by and starring George Clooney with a cast that includes Sam Rockwell, Drew Barrymore and Julia Roberts for Miramax.

Soderbergh's other credits as producer include The Daytrippers and Pleasantville and as an executive producer on Suture and Godfrey Reggio's upcoming Naqoyqatsi, the final installment of the non-narrative films that make up the Qatsi Trilogy, beginning with Koyaanisqatsi and Powaqqatsi.

Soderbergh is the only director to have two films nominated for Best Picture and Best Director in the same year. His Academy Award for Best Director of Traffic marks the first time since the 1928/29 Awards that a director has successfully competed against himself (Frank Lloyd for Divine Lady. Michael Curtiz, a double nominee for Best Director in 1938 for Angels With Dirty Faces and Four Daughters lost to Frank Capra for You Can't Take It With You).

Traffic also received Oscars for Editing (Stephen Mirrione), Supporting Actor (Benicio del Toro) and Adapted Screenplay (Stephen Gaghan). The film's fifth nomination was for Best Picture (Laura Bickford, Marshall Herskovitz, Edward Zwick).

In addition to Soderbergh's Best Director nomination for Erin Brockovich, Julia Roberts received the Best Actress Academy Award. The film's other nominations were for Best Supporting Actor (Albert Finney), Best Original Screenplay (Susannah Grant) and Best Picture (Danny DeVito, Michael Shamberg, Stacey Sher).

Last year, Soderbergh directed the hugely successful ensemble caper Ocean's Eleven. His additional directing credits include The Limey, Out of Sight, Gray's Anatomy, Schizopolis, The Underneath, King of the Hill and Kafka.

In August, his contemporary comedy Full Frontal, which was shot during eighteen days using a combination of digital videotape and film, will be released by Miramax.

Currently, Soderbergh is directing the science-fiction thriller Solaris from his own screenplay adaptation of Stanislaw Lem's novel, starring George Clooney, Natascha McElhone, Jeremy Davies and Viola Davis.

TONY THOMAS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) entered the feature film arena in 1984 as a producer of Firstborn, starring Teri Garr and Peter Wellar. In 1989, Thomas and partner Paul Junger Witt produced Dead Poets Society, which met with resounding critical success and captured an Oscar for Best Screenplay. Witt-Thomas Films' 1992 release, Final Analysis, starring Richard Gere and Kim Basinger was also a critical and commercial success.

For 25 years, Thomas was a prolific producer of comedy programming on television. With partners Witt and Susan Harris, their company is best known for such long-running, popular series as ABC's Soap and Benson and NBC's The Golden Girls, Empty Nest and Nurses. Witt and Thomas also produced NBC's Blossom and The John Larroquette Show, Fox's Herman's Head and the critically acclaimed CBS drama series, Beauty and the Beast, which along with The Golden Girls, Empty Nest, Soap and Benson, has received numerous Emmy Awards and Golden Globes.

Witt and Thomas first teamed together as Producer and Associate Producer, respectively, on the Emmy Award-winning 1971 television movie Brian's Song.

For the past few years, Thomas has devoted himself exclusively to serving on the Board of Directors and raising funds for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, which his late father, Danny Thomas, founded 40 years ago. Tony Thomas and his family are carrying on the tradition of supporting the research center. He is active in many events throughout the country to benefit St. Jude, which is internationally recognized as the only bio-medical research center dedicated exclusively to finding the cures for catastrophic diseases of childhood including pediatric cancer, AIDS and sickle-cell. The annual Hollywood Gala for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, which Thomas co-hosts with his sisters Marlo and Terre, raises a million dollars each year. The premiere for Insomnia will also benefit St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.

KIM ROTH (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER), an Imagine Entertainment vice-president of motion pictures, joined the Academy Award-winning production company in 1999 after more than 10 years with Witt-Thomas Productions. Roth has recently served as an executive producer on the upcoming Undercover Brother, directed by Malcolm Lee, due out in May 2002.

While at Witt-Thomas, Roth co-produced the acclaimed hit Three Kings, directed by David O. Russell. She also contributed to the films Mixed Nuts, Final Analysis, and Dead Poet's Society while working for Paul Witt.

CHARLES J. D. SCHLISSEL (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) studied film and media at the University of Washington and San Francisco State University before he was accepted into UCLA and moved to Los Angeles to complete his college education. To pay his way through school, Schlissel worked on independent films, rock videos, commercials and also did legal research for an entertainment law firm where he interpreted documents for diverse entertainment professionals, including Marlon Brando and Orson Welles.

Schlissel graduated summa cum laude from UCLA with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics with an emphasis on International Finance and Arbitrage. He was then accepted into the American Film Institute's Producing Program. After two months at the AFI, he was offered a job by Mel Brooks as his assistant on Space Balls. After its production wrapped, Schlissel worked as a production assistant and then began working in development for producer Stuart Cornfeld.

Schlissel then moved to Barry Levinson's and Mark Johnson's newly formed Baltimore Pictures as Director of Development. After two years, Schlissel was promoted to Head of Production and immediately undertook the task of completing post-production on Academy Award-nominated Avalon. During his time at the company, Schlissel oversaw production on numerous high-profile features including Bugsy, Toys and Kafka. Schlissel produced his first feature film, Sniper, just as Baltimore was ending its deal with TriStar Pictures.

Leaving Baltimore Pictures, Schlissel became an independent producer with credits that include Heavyweights, While You Were Sleeping and Celtic Pride. He was involved with the development of the Superman project when Tim Burton was attached to direct. Most recently, Schlissel executive produced Red Planet.